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Freelance Medical Copy Editor - Chicago, United States - GW, Inc.
Description
Job Description
Job DescriptionSalary:GW, a leading publishing vendor, is actively recruiting freelance copyeditors for nursing/medical/health science textbooks.
Assignments are made on a project-by-project basis, and we have a steady flow of new projects all year long. The majority of our work follows AMA style, so we need copyeditors who are reliable, experienced, consistent, and flexible. If that's you, keep reading
Project schedules vary, but most projects require editing of manuscript pages per week (at a speed of at least 10 manuscript pages per hour).
Your main responsibilities would include:
You would not interact with the authors.
Qualifications:
What next?
Step 1: Submit a resume
Step 2: Complete our qualifying editing test (to be sent after step 1).
All applicants must be located in the United States or Canada.
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